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Hi Mal,
Some while ago when I commented a strong signal in
the band and in beacon mode was causing me problems, you quickly told me I was
talking nonsense, saying I wouldn't have such problems if I had a decent
filter!
Chris, G4AYT.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 6:18
PM
Subject: LF: Re: Re: G3XIZ - 1000 th MF
QSO
Dennis
These Beacon Appliance unattended machine
operators are causing QRM galore to the Radio Amateur in QSO
mode.
The present band has insufficient bandwidth to
accommodate unattended beacon modes, with real time QSO'S one can avoid QRM or
QRX until the QRG is clear, whereas Beacons just belch out repeative gibberish
and the same persons respond via the reflector daily with the same old
reports.
You are quite right to make
your point known.
73 de mal/g3kev
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 4:12
PM
Subject: LF: Re: G3XIZ - 1000 th MF
QSO
Congratulations Chris.
Most wspr stations seem to congregate at the
top end of the band and are not too much trouble.
Jim G7NKS is the biggest pain as he sits on
my xtl frequency and is so close. Maybe a compromise would be
for people using beacons to keep to one segment of the band (hopefully not
502.2 kHz -hee)
73 Dennis M0JXM
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2009 6:03
PM
Subject: LF: G3XIZ - 1000 th MF
QSO
LF
It was a red-letter day today as I achieved my 1000th QSO
using 600m.
This includes 72 cross-band contacts, virtually all of
which were 600m / 80m.
Rog GW3UEP was my 1000 th QSO with runners
up G3XPU - No. 999 and EI0CF - No. 998.
QSO break-down according to
mode: 928 CW, 34 RTTY and 5
QRSS
600m
STATIONS
My personal 600m (EU) spreadsheet lists a total of
59 stations and many of these go
back to the start of the UK 600m allocation in March 2007.
Of
these I have worked or heard only 15 in the past month (excluding
beacons).
Many stations on my list came up only briefly and were never
heard of again: G3KZU, G3YHV . . .
Others were once very active
but have subsequently gone QRT: G3UNT, G3VTT, G4GDR. .
.
MOST FREQUENTLY
WORKED
With so few active operators it is obvious that one
will work the same stations many times and the top 10 stations account for
70% of my total contacts.
My most frequently worked stations
are:
GW3UEP - 120 G3KEV -
102 M0FMT - 90
G3ZWH - 80 (alas now SK)
G3DXZ
- 67 G4GDR -
60 EI0CF/ GI4DPE -
51 M0JXM - 48
G3UNT -
45 G3VTT - 38
CROSS-BAND AND EU
STATIONS
There are a few 'regular' stations who listen to
600m and enjoy a cross-band QSO:
DK6NI, F6CNI, F6ACU, OH1LSQ, PA0LCE,
G3TVF . . .
and our few EU MF friends are still active:
ON4KTJ,
OR7T and OZ8NJ. . .
WSPR
ON 600m
I personally find it sad that the present level of
enthusiasm for the WSPR mode was never achieved for hand sent Morse
(CW), which after all is the mode which I call to mind when thinking of
the old MF marine band.
If the WSPR 'enthusiasm' phase lasts, with more
and stronger stations operating 24/7 in the narrow 3 kHz segment which is
the 600m band then I guess it may be time for me to QSY.
73 Chris
G3XIZ
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